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5 thoughts on “Theresa May reveals herself as a sexist in bizarre appeal for more women MPs”

Well there is the possibility that it was May’s own father that spoke to her about politics rather than her mother, and that to be honest is the more likely scenario, however it is better than just saying we should have all female shortlists which discriminates against able male applicants simply because of their gender.

Coming from a poor background in 50s/60s, Dad working all hours, Mum bringing up six kids. Even if they were interested in politics, (remember we only had newspapers); we never talked about it. I came to politics quite late in the day, and had a number positions in the local CLP and was very active. I have always believed that youngsters should be taught the rudimentaries of politics, and why they should be involved, in school. Now I speak to my grandchildren and they know how I feel, and we have some good discussions about current political situations.

Thank goodness May wasn’t around 40+ years ago, because it was my mother who discussed politics with me, my father was too much of a sexist – nearly as bad as Teresa May and watched football and other sport rather than news and current affairs.
What a sexist thing to say. She is assuming that women are air heads and men “Know best”. Duh.

Or, could it be that she is trying to make men engage with their daughters in the same way that they engage with their sons? It says nothing of women being airheads, or even that they don’t talk to their daughters. She feels that her father helped her to break into what was seen as a male dominated world and perhaps, if other men had similar discussions with their daughters, it might not seem off limits, for want of a better expression. I’m just supposing.